Women's team gets Spring golf season underway in Alabama

Feb 17, 2010

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Tech women's golf team gets
the spring half of its 2009-2010 schedule underway this weekend at
the Birmingham Southern Invitational, a 36-hole event to be played
at Timberline Golf Course.

Tech will join a field of 10 teams which will play 18 holes Sunday
and a final round Monday.

Golden Eagle coach Brandy Stout will take an experienced group of
seven players to the tournament, including three seniors and two
juniors. Tech's five-player lineup for the tournament will include
seniors Megan Bradford and Diana Carson, juniors Carley Rhyne and
Lindsay Spradlen, along with freshman Amanda Randolph.

Bradford owned Tech's low average in the fall at 77.9 strokes,
with Carson right behind at 78.8. Bradford had a low round of 72 on
her way to winning medalist honors at the APSU F&M Bank
Intercollegiate Tournament, October 19-20. Carson (shown in photo)
posted Tech's low round of the fall season, carding a 71 on her way
to a seventh place finish in the Drake Creek Invitational,
September 14-15.

Randolph was third in the fall with an 82.3 average in her first
collegiate action, followed by Rhyne with an 82.6 average and
Spradlen, averaging 82.8.

Golden Eagles playing in the tournament as individuals will be
freshman Katherine Bell and senior Katie Brown. Bell had an 83.1
average in the fall and Brown averaged 86.4 strokes.

"We're ready to go," Stout said. "It's been a few months since our
last tournament and we're anxious to get back out there and
compete. We have really good leadership from our seniors and they
want to finish their careers strong."